Liar Liar

Synopsis

Acclaimed writer E V Crowe's latest play is a contemporary tale about Grace, a young girl who knows the truth can be dangerous. In a virtual world of texting and Xbox, her relationship between fact and reality stretches, until a series of wilder and wilder lies leads her into a showdown with the police and put her dad on the line. Where does her allegiance lie and where do the lies stop?

Our Review:

Theo Bosanquet - 4 February 2013

Young playwright EV Crowe further solidifies her 'one to watch' status with this sharply observed one-act piece about a teenager in trouble.

Directed by fellow rising star Blanche McIntyre, it was inspired, according to a programme note, by Crowe's desire to "write a story that might come before the start of... King Lear." In other words, before a daughter has the strength to tell her father the truth.

The daughter in this instance is Grace (Danusia Samal), a computer game-mad 14-year-old who rouses suspicions when she plays truant on the same day a young boy is murdered. Queried by her sister, father and neighbour, she invents evermore elaborate lies regarding her whereabouts that day, until the crushing truth is revealed.

Her stories give her an excuse to act out fantasies, played out on James Perkins' clever box-of-tricks bedroom set: Telling her sister (Ritu Arya) of a romantic date with her 'boyfriend' Javaad, Grace becomes a Just...

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Latest User Review

Sarah - 17 March 2013:

Acting was fantastic, and the storyline had potential, however the was it was performed was extremely boring, and badly targeted at teens. ...

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